Method of Constructing an Eco-friendly Building with Tire Bales

ABSTRACT

A method of constructing an eco-friendly building with tire bales includes a building foundation and a plurality of tire bales. The plurality of tire bales includes a plurality of path tire bales, a plurality of foundation tire bales, and a plurality of wall tire bales. The building foundation is filled with the plurality of foundation tire bales, and a driveway is filled with the plurality of path tire bales. The driveway connects with the building foundation. A concrete slab is poured over the plurality of foundation tire bales, and a plurality of walls is constructed on top of that. The plurality of walls is constructed from the plurality of wall tire bales, and the door and windows are inserted into the plurality of walls. A roof is then built over the plurality of walls. The plurality of tire bales also generates additional income through the building construction.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates generally to a process to build a building, with no cost factors at all, by using tire bales as fill material in such areas as foundations and walls, and under driveways and roads. The present invention also establishes the creation of funds by using the tire bales as a filling material.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

There is an ever-increasing need to address the waste tire problem in the United States. Although many steps have been taken to address this issue, the number of waste tires steadily increases relative to increasing number of motor vehicles. The burning of the waste tires creates 100 times more amount of pollution across the U.S. than oil, gas, fuel, etc. Many of the waste tire programs are run by major corporations and require a large amount of capital to maintain the waste tire programs. One of the ways to condense the amount of waste tires is to make tire bales. Even in this case, the tire bales must be stored and consume a large area of space. The present invention implements a method of using tire bales as filling materials under building foundations, under driveways, and to build walls within a building. The present invention also generates the total amount of funds needed to construct the building while providing an eco-friendly and clean solution to dispose of waste tires.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of a building that is constructed using the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front perspective view of the building showing a plurality of wall tire bales.

FIG. 3 is a back perspective view of the building.

FIG. 4 is front view of the building.

FIG. 5 is a cross section view of the FIG. 4 showing the inside of a building foundation and a driveway.

FIG. 6 is a top perspective view of a building foundation without a concrete slab and a plurality of foundation tire bales.

FIG. 7 is a flow chart illustrating the overall process that allows the present invention to build the building.

FIG. 8 is a flow chart illustrating the overall process that allows the present invention to build the driveway.

FIG. 9 is a flow chart illustrating the overall process that allows the present invention to fill the building foundation.

FIG. 10 is a flow chart illustrating the overall process that allows the present invention to establish a plumbing system.

FIG. 11 is a flow chart illustrating the overall process that allows the present invention to build a concrete slab.

FIG. 12 is a flow chart illustrating the overall process that allows the present invention to build a plurality of walls.

FIG. 13 is a flow chart illustrating the overall process that allows the present invention to build a plurality of bond beams.

FIG. 14 is a flow chart illustrating the overall process that allows the present invention to waterproof the building.

DETAIL DESCRIPTIONS OF THE INVENTION

All illustrations of the drawings are for the purpose of describing selected versions of the present invention and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention.

The present invention describes a method of constructing an eco-friendly building with tire bales while generating a source of income. The generated income can be used for other required components and labor services so that the entire building can be constructed without any added costs. The tire bales are made from compressing waste tires into a rectangular shape with a hydraulic press and connecting the waste tires with at least five galvanized or stainless steel wires. The tire bales are normally 5 feet wide×5 feet long×2.5 feet high, but the sizes may vary depending on the hydraulic press. Each of the tire bales weighs about one ton and comprises about one hundred waste tires.

Studies have shown that the tire bale can absorb about 150,000 pounds of compressive force before one of the at least five galvanized or stainless steel wires fails. Even with one broken galvanized or stainless steel wire, the tire bale does not fail as a system and will continue to support its load. The tire bale has demonstrated higher compressive force than many other conventional building materials when the compressive force is increased to 600,000 pounds. Even with the 600,000 pounds of compressive force, the tire bale does not show any kind of ultimate failure. The tire bale demonstrates near-linear deformation under compressive loads from zero to 250,000 pounds. After 250,000 pounds of compressive force, the deformation of the tire bale increases in a more-or-less exponential fashion. During the exponential deformation, a portion of the deformation appears to plastic deformation as the tire bale does not return to its original shape when the load is removed. The tire bale has a low possibility of achieving precipitous failure, which is occasionally seen in conventional building materials, even under much greater loads.

The tire bale has a large footprint area of 25 square feet because of the 5 feet width and the 5 feet length. Even with the one ton weight of the tire bale, the tire bales can be supported by any kind of soil condition. The soil condition can widely differ from one site to another which changes the load bearing capacity of the soils. Therefore, it is ill-advised to make generalizations regarding the load bearing capacity of soil in a particular site and situation. However, a variety of authorities, including the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, have published generalized soil bearing capacities for commonly found soils that might be required to support a tire bale wall ranging from around 3000 pounds per square foot for poorly compacted and graded silt, sandy, and gravelly soils.

The method of constructing the eco-friendly building with tire bales comprises a plurality of tire bales 3 and a building foundation 2. The plurality of tire bales 3 is coated with a thick non-combustible layer that is made from a cement-based or earthen plaster or stucco. The thick non-combustible layer eliminates the exposure of the plurality of tire bales 3 to the sources of ignition and insulates the plurality of tire bales 3 from the heat of a nearby fire. Conventional stick frame buildings and the wood frame parts of the houses that are involved with fire hazards typically burn to the ground, but the plurality of tire bales 3, treated with non-combustible stucco or plaster, would remain intact. The plurality of tire bales 3 comprises a plurality of path tire bales 31, a plurality of foundation tire bales 32, and a plurality of wall tire bales 33. In reference to FIG. 2 and FIG. 5, a driveway 1 is built adjacent with the building foundation 2 as the first step. The driveway 1 comprises a hollow space 11, which is dug into the ground surface, from the start of the driveway 1 to the end of the driveway 1. The plurality of path tire bales 31 is stacked inside the hollow space 11, and an entrance surface 12 is constructed on top of the plurality of path tire bales 31. The entrance surface 12 can be made out of concrete, tarmac, or any other similar materials. The building foundation 2 is made out of concrete and comprises a recess space 21 within. The recess space 21 is then compactly filled with the plurality of foundation tire bales 32. In reference to FIG. 6, plumbing system 4 is then established over the plurality of foundation tire bales 32, and the plumbing system 4 comprises a water line system 41 and a waste line system 42. The water line system 41 is then connected with a public water supply, and the waste line system 42 is connected with a public sewer system. After the plumbing system 4 is completed, a concrete slab 5 is created and leveled over the plumbing line and the plurality of foundation tire bales 32.

After the concrete slab 5 is solidified, an outline is drawn on the concrete slab 5. The outline illustrates the positioning of a plurality of walls 6 so that the plurality of walls 6 can be built according to the correct dimensions. In order to build the plurality of walls 6, at least four layers of the plurality of wall tire bales 33 is stacked on top of each other and interconnected with a grout material. The grout material can be a proof cement-based grout or any other related masonry adhesive materials. The compact stacking of the plurality of wall tire bales 33 and the grout material reduce the amount of oxygen that would be readily available for combustion, decreasing the possibility of ignition. The compact stacking of the plurality of wall tire bales 33 and the thick non-combustible layer reduce the possibility of fire hazard to a reasonable level among the plurality of wall tire bales 33. Additionally, the plurality of walls 6 can be built with ten layers of the plurality of wall tire bales 33. Even with the ten layers of the plurality of wall tire bales 33, where the bottom layer of the plurality of wall tire bales 33 bearing much more weight than any reasonable building design, the plurality of wall tire bales 33 does not display any deformation. The large footprint, the massive weight, and the irregular surface of the plurality of wall tire bales 33 makes them stable once in place. Some mismatching irregularities may cause the plurality of wall tire bales 33 to shake a bit initially. After the spaces between the plurality of wall tire bales 33 is filled with the grout material, the plurality of wall tire bales 33 becomes very stable, virtually immobile unless heavy equipment is used to break them apart and move them. Therefore, buttresses are not recommended for the plurality of walls 6 that comprises the at least four layers of the plurality of wall tire bales 33 unless eccentric loads or some other unusual circumstance makes them necessary.

While the plurality of walls 6 is created by the plurality of wall tire bales 33, a plurality of empty spaces is created to input doors 62 and windows 63. Then plaster/stucco material is used to finish off the plurality of walls 6 for additional strength and aesthetically pleasing appearance. In reference to FIG. 1 and FIG. 3, the doors 62 and the windows 63 are inserted into the plurality of empty spaces finishing the plurality of walls 6. A plurality of bond beams 61 is then built on top of the plurality of walls 6. The plurality of bond beams 61, which supports the roof beams, trusses, or rafters and secures them to the plurality of walls 6, comprises a plurality of horizontal rebars, a plurality of vertical rebars, and a low slump concrete mixture. The plurality of vertical rebars is wired into the plurality of wall tire bales 33 by horizontal reinforcing or by field fabricated anchors extending from the plurality of walls 6, and the plurality of horizontal rebars is positioned on the plurality of walls 6. The low slump concrete mixture is then poured around the plurality of horizontal rebars and the plurality of vertical rebars creating the plurality of bond beams 61. The low slump concrete is used so that the low slump concrete mixture does not leak into the porous tire bales. When the low slump concrete is solidified, the plurality of bond beams 61 is securely positioned on the plurality of walls 6. In reference to FIG. 4, a roof 8 is then built on top of the plurality of bond beams 61. The roof 8, which comprises roof beams, rafters, or trusses, uniformly transmits the roof 8 loads to the plurality of walls 6 and the plurality of bond beams 61.

In reference to FIG. 3 and FIG. 6, a drain system 7 is adjacently placed around the plurality of walls 6 and the building foundation 2 which eliminates ground water around the plurality of walls 6 and the building foundation 2. The drain system 7 comprises an outside drain system 71 and an inside drain system 72. The outside drain system 71 waterproofs the outside of the plurality of walls 6 and the building foundation 2 while the inside drain system 72 waterproofs the inside of the plurality of walls 6 and the building foundation 2.

The generalized soil bearing capacity for the tire bale is 3000 pounds per square foot. According to the present invention, the soil bearing capacity is calculated about 1150 pounds per square foot. When calculating the soil bearing capacity for the present invention, weight of the wall tire bales, weight of the roof, weight of the bond beams, and the weight of the grout material are considered as the contributing factors. Since the soil bearing capacity of the present invention is much less than the generalized soil bearing capacity, the plurality of tire bales 3 can be sufficiently supported with a reasonable safety factor on many commonly found soils. It is important to calculate the soil bearing capacity of the site and compare it with the soil bearing capacity of the building that is constructed through the present invention to avoid unnecessary complication.

Since the present method of constructing the eco-friendly building with tire bales incorporates the plurality of path tire bales 31, the plurality of foundation tire bales 32, and the plurality of wall tire bales 33, the plurality of tire bales 3 creates most of the funds required for other necessary components and labor services. Every state in the U.S.A. has a program that requires a tire tax which pays for the properly disposed tires or use of the waste tire in a new product. The present invention has completed the three R's, which are reduce, reuse, and recycle, in the waste world and has created the only known way to construct an entire building for free. Each of the plurality of tire bales 3 generates about hundred dollars due to the number of waste tires used in the tire bale. The generated income strictly depends on the tire bales, and the amount of the tire bales depend on the size of the building that is been constructed by the present invention. For example, if a specific house is built with 1500 tire bales, the specific house generates about $150,000. Therefore the present invention allows a person to construct the eco-friendly building while generating income.

The plurality of tire bales 3 can be used in different type filling projects as filling materials. For example, the plurality of tire bales 3 can also use to sand pit closing process as filling materials, where the plurality of tire bales 3 replaces materials such as, dirt, sand, and rock. The plurality of tire bales 3 can also use as embankment fills as the plurality of tire bales 3 decreases the building cost.

Although the invention has been explained in relation to its preferred embodiment, it is to be understood that many other possible modifications and variations can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as hereinafter claimed. 

1. A system for constructing an eco friendly building with tire bales comprises: a driveway; a building foundation; a plumbing system; a drain system; the driveway comprises a plurality of path tire bales, a hollow space, and an entrance surface; the building foundation comprises a recess space, a plurality of foundation tire bales, and a concrete slab; the drain system comprises an outside drain system and an inside drain system; the outside drain system being adjacently positioned outside of the building foundation and the plurality of walls; the driveway being adjacently positioned with the building foundation; the plurality of path tire bales being positioned within the hollow space; and the entrance surface being connected over the plurality of path tire bales.
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 3. The system for constructing an eco friendly building with tire bales claimed in claim 1 comprises: the recess space being positioned within the building foundation; the plurality of foundation tire bales being positioned within the recess space; the plumbing system being adjacently positioned atop the plurality of foundation tire bales; and the concrete slab being positioned over the plurality of foundation tire bales and the plumbing system.
 4. The system for constructing an eco friendly building with tire bales claimed in claim 3 comprises: the plumbing system comprises a water line system and a waste line system; the water line system being positioned in between the plurality of foundation tire bales and the concrete slab; and the waste line system being positioned in between the plurality of foundation tire bales and the concrete slab.
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 8. A method of constructing an eco friendly building with tire bales comprises the steps of: providing a plurality of tire bales, wherein the plurality of tire bales comprises a plurality of path tire bales, a plurality of foundation tire bales; providing a building foundation, wherein the building foundation is made of concrete; building a driveway, wherein the driveway is adjacently positioned with the building foundation; filling the building foundation with the plurality of foundation tire bales; establishing a plumbing system, wherein the plumbing system comprises a water line system and a waste line system; pouring a concrete slab over the plumbing system and the plurality of foundation tire bales; waterproofing the building foundation and the plurality of walls with a drain system, wherein the drain system comprises an outside drain system and an inside drain system; providing a recess space within the building foundation; stacking the plurality of foundation tire bales within the recess space; connecting the water line system with a public water supply line; and connecting the waste line system with a public sewer system.
 9. The method of constructing an eco friendly building with tire bales as claimed in claim 8 comprises the steps of: providing a hollow space under the driveway; stacking the plurality of path tire bales within the hollow space; and creating an entrance surface on top of the plurality of path tire bales.
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 12. The method of constructing an eco friendly building with tire bales as claimed in claim 8 comprises the steps of: leveling the concrete slab before the concrete slab is solidified.
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 15. The method of constructing an eco friendly building with tire bales as claimed in claim 8 comprises the steps of: waterproofing outside of the building foundation; and waterproofing inside of the building foundation. 